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In President Obama's Afghanistan speech last night (11/30/09), he said

"This is no idle danger; no hypothetical threat. In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."

If in fact that statement is true, its good to know that Al Qaeda's efforts to strike within the United States have been thwarted but it leads to two questions.

Hosted a private lunch discussion with Major General Danny Rothschild, Ret., of the Israel Defense Forces at which we discussed the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict

My defense group, ACDA  is sponsoring the following book event on July 15th, 2009.

I helped to organize a book discussion for Rep. Hostettler on his new book "Nothing for the Nation: Who Got What Out of Iraq." We held it April 8th, 2009.

The following is from Anthony Gregory's blog on the event:

Scott Horton Interviews Michael Ostrolenk

February 2008 Israel & Syria: A Deal At Hand A discussion with: Dr. Alon Liel Former Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs In 2005 and 2006, Dr Alon Liel led a series of informal unofficial meetings between Israelis and Syrians. These meetings formulated a landmark set of understandings for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and Syria. Dr Liel will share the outcomes and the ideas emerging from those talks, and the challenges that confronted both sides in reaching these understandings Dr.

Michael Ostrolenk, President, American Conservative Defense Alliance
(Click on a guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)

My new defense organization has been hosting or co-hosting round table discussions and seminars on various Middle East related issues including one's on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and on Iran. The intention is to to offer alternative perspectives on the issues addressed as well as open discussions. The following are the events to date:

 

November 14th, 2007

The Nixon Center & The American Conservative Defense Alliance

Iran: A Conservative Response

Doug Bandow, Phil Giraldi and Larry Madison and I joined forces to create the American Conservative Defense Alliance in 2007 in order to promote a more realistic and Constitutionally appropriate foreign and defense strategy. We were joined by Peter Gemma who will be doing development for us and Jesse Benton who will be doing media. Our advisory board is an impressive list of center-right people.

I am a policy fellow for the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy